Freedom Movement of Iran

Freedom Movement of Iran
General Secretary	Ebrahim Yazdi
Founders	List Mehdi Bazargan Mahmoud Taleghani Yadollah Sahabi Hasan Nazih Mansour Ataei Rahim Ataei Abbas Radnia Abbas Sami'i Abbas Sheybani Ahmad Alibabaei Ezzatollah Sahabi Ahmad Sadr Haj Sayyed Javadi Abroad Ali Shariati (France) Ebrahim Yazdi (United States) Mostafa Chamran (United States) Sadeq Qotbzadeh (United States) Sadeq Tabatabaei (Germany)
Founded	May 17, 1961; 55 years ago (1961-05-17)
Split from	National Front
Ideology	Iranian nationalism Islamic democracy Islamic liberalism Constitutionalism
Religion	Islam
National affiliation	National Front (1961–1965)
Parliament	0 / 290
Website
mizankhabar.net
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The Freedom Movement of Iran (FMI) or Liberation Movement of Iran (LMI; Persian: نهضت آزادی ايران‎, translit. Nahżat-e āzādi-e Irān‎) is an Iranian pro-democracy political organization which was founded in 1961, by members describing themselves as "Muslims, Iranians, Constitutionalists and Mossadeghists".

A split to the National Front (II), the party was established with support and blessings of Mohammad Mossadegh and soon applied for the membership in the front with a platform advocating national sovereignty, freedom of political activity and expression, social justice under Islam, respect for Iran’s constitution, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Charter of the United Nations. It believes in the separation of church and state, while that political activity should be guided by religious values.

Despite being outlawed by the prevailing regime in Iran, the group continues to exist. The organization accepts to comply with the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran despite its rejection for Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist. It has been described as a "semi-opposition" or "loyal opposition" party.

The organization's members have close ties to the Council of Nationalist-Religious Activists of Iran.

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